Every single device which is connected to the web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a considerably bigger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted in your shared website hosting account, it won't take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it will allow you to create or edit every record without difficulty. After you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% live within a maximum of one hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it will take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you will not face any troubles because you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records that have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just several mouse clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be created. Next, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the modification and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can choose the time this record is going to be working after you change it or erase it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds if the other provider demands it.